NEW JERSEY (AP) – Federal agents have identified the man they believe posted a broad online threat against synagogues in New Jersey but do not believe he was planning to carry out a specific plot, a law enforcement official said Friday. The man, whose identity was not immediately released, was questioned by law enforcement and […]

A massive search is underway in Flatbush for a missing special-needs child. Flatbush Shomrim is coordinating the search for the 12 year old child who walked out of his house just after 8:00AM. He was last seen on Kings Highway and East 10th Street walking (west) towards Ocean Parkway. Missing is Ralph Matalon. He is wearing jeans, a black tee shirt and tan color sneakers. He was not wearing a Yarmulka. The child is non-verbal but responds to his name “Ralph”. The NYPD has called for a Level 1 mobilization response. If you see this child, please call 911 and the Flatbush Shomrim hotline immediately at 718-338-9797. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — An Israeli teenager was suspended from his school for three days – because he wished to give his friends the merit of putting on Tefillin. 16-year-old Yishai studies at the secular Makif Chet school in Rishon Letzion and puts on Tefillin daily. On Thursday he decided to bring some pairs of Tefillin […]

By Aryeh HaKohen Katz It appeared on Thursday morning, as an op-ed on CNN.  The description of religious Jews by a supposedly well-respected analyst was so shocking that one had to read it three times to believe that Aaron David Miller could have written such a thing.  In his own words: But while polling had […]

NEW JERSEY (VINnews) – The Federal Bureau of Investigation on Thursday issued an alert to New Jersey synagogues, warning staff of a “broad threat” and urging them to take safety precautions. The FBI’s Newark office posted the alert to Twitter. “The FBI has received credible information of a broad threat to synagogues in NJ,” the […]

JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid’s office says he has conceded defeat to former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in this week’s election. A statement said Lapid congratulated Netanyahu and has instructed his office to prepare an organized transition of power. “The state of Israel comes before any political consideration,” Lapid said. “I wish Netanyahu […]

MANHATTAN (VINnews) — Keechant Sewell, NYPD Commissioner, blasted Governor Hochul’s no-cash-bail policy. Perhaps not coincidentally, the remarks came days before Election Day, with early voting in full force, as Hochul desperately tries to survive a tight-knit race. While speaking with the NY Post, Sewell was asked whether Hochul needed to go further in allowing judges […]

(VINNEWS) – Naftuli Moster’s life mission seems to have been to force the state to oversee and to take over the curriculum of Yeshivos throughout the state.  In September, the New York State Board of Regents voted to, pretty much, implement wide ranging requirements for Yeshiva curriculums throughout the state.  The State Board of Regents […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In a terror attack which occurred Wednesday morning on Road 443, the main artery connecting Jerusalem and the Modi’in district, a terrorist rammed through a checkpoint, badly injuring a soldier. The terrorist then left his car with a hammer, intending to murder the soldier but he managed to shoot him dead before […]

As of Wednesday morning at 10:30 a.m. Israeli time, the right-wing bloc headed by Binyamin Netanyahu is poised for a major comeback. With 80% of the votes counted, the right-wing bloc appears to have gained 65 seats but this number will change as more votes are counted. However, all exit polls show Netanyahu’s bloc winning 62 seats, enough to form a coalition. If the Arab Balad party and far-left Meretz party, which fell far short of the electoral threshold earlier in the count, fail to pass, the right-wing bloc could win a 65-seat majority. However, Meretz is currently at the cusp of passing, with 3.23% of total votes. The Arab Balad party, which had long been predicted to fall short of the electoral threshold, now has 3.07% of total votes.